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Established in 1979, the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History publishes books on Canadian legal history, and creates and preserves an oral history archive. Since 1981 the Society has published more than 125 books on a diverse range of topics in Canadian legal history and has recorded more than 715 oral histories from various members of the legal profession.
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A History of Canadian Income Tax Volume II, 1948-71
by Colin Campbell and Robert Raizenne